| International Standard Book Number |
9780062853851 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0062853856 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
MacCallum, Martha, 1964- author.
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| Title Statement |
Unknown valor : a story of family, courage, and sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima / Martha MacCallum ; with Ronald J. Drez.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
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| Physical Description |
xvii, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-314).
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Introduction: War plan orange -- Prologue: Peekskill, 1971 -- Arlington, Massachusetts, 1938 -- Infamy -- Outrage -- The changing tide -- What Hirohito knew -- The first step : say a prayer for your pal on Guadalcanal -- 1943 -- Cracking the inner ring -- Willing to fight -- D-Day : from Normandy to Saipan -- Japan's doorstep -- "A ghastly relentlessness" -- "An island of sulphur : no water, no sparrow, and no swallow" -- "Hell with the fire out" -- The badlands.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"In honor of the 75th Anniversary of one of the most critical battles of World War II ... Martha MacCallum pays tribute to the heroic men who sacrificed everything at Iwo Jima to defeat the Armed Forces of Emperor Hirohito--among them, a member of her own family"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Corporate Name |
United States. Marine Corps History World War, 1939-1945.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Marines United States Biography.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Drez, Ronald J., 1940- author.
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